Longboarded the areas filled on 2026-03-22.

Longboarding complete.

Washed hull.

Picked up Trinidad XSR , Martyr 7/8" anode, and FSR at WestMarine. Best price on XSR. 40% off anodes.

Winter 2025-2026: Reconsidered pressure on the longboard. Given its flexibility, pressing to hard may cause the longboard to dig in a bit under my hands will removing less material along the rest of its lenght. Decided to use less pressure this year hoping that the longboard will remove material more evenly along its length.

Winter 2024-2025: In the past, I've focused more on removing all the existing bottom paint (red), perhaps at the cost of sanding deeper in those low areas where the bottom paint remained.

Note: the bottom colors are, from the outermost inward:

  1. orange: three coats Trinidad XSR , each 2mil thick, up to 6mil total originally.
  2. red: two coats Trinidad Pro , each 2mil thick, 4mil total originally.
  3. white: one coat Petit Protect , 4mil thick originally.
  4. gray: one coat Petit Protect , 4mil thick originally.
  5. dark gray: resin applied to the hull as a barrier coat some time in the past.
From Winter 2025-2026 final photos (2026-03-24):

From Winter 2024-2025 final photos (2025-03-20):

From Winter 2023-2024 final photos (2024-03-10):

From Winter 2021-2022 final photos (2022-04-11):